Injured Workers Perspectives on Recovery following Non-Life-Threatening Acute Orthopaedic Trauma: A Descriptive Study

Table 3

Characteristics of study participants provided to add context to outlined open ended responses according to return to work status at 6 months.

Participant; code	Age	Gender	Compensable; injury	Occupation/industry	DASS21; Symptoms; 2 weeks*	Returned to work; by 6 months	Pain intensity; 2 weeks	Presence of pain; at 12 weeks	Recovery beliefs; at 2 weeks
RTW1	18	Male	no	Bus driver	No	Yes	Low	No	4
RTW2	18	Female	no	Horticulture	Yes	Yes	Low	No	9
RTW3	61	Female	No	Bakery assistant	No	Yes	Low	Yes	10
RTW4	47	Female	Yes	Assembler worker	No	Yes	Low	No	10
RTW5	58	Female	No	Psychologist	No	Yes	Low	Yes	10
RTW6	18	Female	Yes	Cattery	Yes	Yes	Low	No	6
RTW7	51	Female	Yes	Library officer	Yes	Yes	High	Yes	10
RTW8	54	Male	No	Courier	Yes	Yes	Low	No	10
RTW9	62	Male	No	Air conditioning technician	No	Yes	Low	Yes	9
RTW10	44	Male	No	Manufacturing	No	Yes	Low	Yes	5
RTW11	34	Male	No	Construction	Yes	Yes	Low	Yes	6
RTW12	48	Male	No	Carpenter	No	Yes	Low	Yes	9
RTW13	35	Male	No	Electrical inspector	No	Yes	Low	No	10
RTW14	41	Male	No	Information technology	No	Yes	Low	Yes	10
RTW15	34	Female	No	Healthcare	No	Yes	Low	Yes	10
RTW16	31	Male	Yes	Information technology	Yes	Yes	Low	Yes	7
NO1	27	Male	no	Car industry	Yes	No	Low	No	6
NO2	25	Male	Yes	Radiographer	No	No	High	Yes	10
NO3	47	Female	No	Factory worker	No	No	Low	No	5
NO4	30	Male	Yes	Labourer	No	No	Low	Yes	10
NO5	56	Male	Yes	Construction	No	No	Low	No	9
NO6	58	Female	Yes	Nurse	Yes	No	Low	Yes	8
NO7	49	Male	Yes	Education	No	No	high	Yes	10
NO8	26	Male	Yes	Groundsman	Yes	No	High	No	10
NO9	62	Male	Yes	Construction	Yes	No	High	Yes	—
NO10	39	Male	Yes	Plasterer	No	No	High	Yes	9
NO11	51	Male	Yes	Truck driver	Yes	No	Low	Yes	7

∗Participant reported symptoms of anxiety, depression, and/or stress (one or more).